Dirteatrs Thin Wallet Build... TRUGGY TIME

[89JeepMJ]

when you did the SOA what length U-bolts did ya get

[89JeepMJ]

and any tips or issues you'd like to share

[Dirteatr717]

I'll Measure them tomorrow for yah and post a pic of how mine are set up, I have my pinion angle at 2.5° . It's Very easy to do and took me about 2 hours for the entire process including making new hard brakelines!

[89JeepMJ]

that would be great. i thinking of doing it thats why I'm asking :thumbsup:

[Dirteatr717]

Put a new clutch master cylinder in today with Cherokee_chief and took out a crapload of useless wires! My Strange spool and superior 4.88s came in today too :brows:

I forgot to measure the U-bolts, I'll do that tmrw I promise lol

 

[89JeepMJ]

alright thanks

[Dirteatr717]

Cherokee_chief and I prepped our trucks last night for our trip to Rausch Creek offroad park this weekend, hopefully were all good! I'm going to try to make a transfer case skid before I leave tonight since well be doing blacks and maybe a couple reds! I'll get those measurements when I'm under my truck after work :thumbsup:

[Dirteatr717]

Off to a pretty good start this weekend! I only had a little cosmetic damage but it still stings to look at the 4-6 new dents in my bed :( took out the driver side marker light and headlight bezel after stepping on the skinny pedal on Crawl Daddy a little too much, I clipped a tree lol ( a gnarly a$$ RED trail at Rausch) I'm actually amazed at how awesome my truck performs for what I have, open front, LSD rear, 3.07s and I ran no doors all day so I can see what the heck I'm driving over otherwise I'd probably have a lot more dents! Got a few pics so without further adeu!!!

Going into J Line

Brett (Cherokee_chief) and I coming down Crawlers ridge

Sitting halfway up Crawl Daddy ( did I mention it was GNARLY?! )

Action shot of me using the skinny pedal!

 

Hopefully well get some better pics tmrw since we still have plenty of trails to cover!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RynoMJ]

Looks like a blast! Should have my truck on the road the end of this month can't wait to head up there!

[MancheKid86]

Your build is sick sir,

I know I don't post much about it but I've watched this since page one,

Keep up the good work!

[89Comanche4x4]

I wish I had your long arms... One day. I should really just do coils in the rear too seeing as I broke my rear main leaf haha ya right

 

 

By the way that car trailer is huuuuuggggeeeee

[Dirteatr717]

Good to hear Rquarte! Why thank you manchekid, I don't post on your thread much either but I make sure to check it out now and then! 89comanche, it looks huge in the pic but in person it wasn't that big, we borrowed it from a buddy of mine and it was hauled by an awesome 12valve cummins, pulled the trailer like it wasn't there up hills doing 75+ with ease! Went to Harrys pick n pull in hazleton early this morning to pickup some parts so we can keep wheelingtoday and so I had lights for the ride home at night lol found 1 manche in decent shape, don't know why it was scrapped :( itstailgate will live on with Cherokee chief though! Played around in the comp course for a little today then made our way to trail 5 hill climb.... LOTS of skinny pedal was used today, my truck now makes a few weird noises but drove home perfectly fine after beating on it all weekend! I don't like using the skinny pedal but sometimes you have to ! I'll post more pics when I get them from friends

 

 

 

 

 

[88whitemanche]

Sweet pics! Wish we had trails like that down in florida.... Great looking truck...

 

 

By the way how many inchea dis u cut off ur fender?

[Dirteatr717]

Thanks man! I have to travel 4 hours to these trails unfortunelty, only the front fenders are cut and If I measured it'd be way off since both fenders have been crunched and self clearanced lol

As for an update there's not much, ordered the JCR steering box spacer and trying to save all my pennies for more fullwidth parts!

[SW86]

hey don't feel too bad, the parks around here are at least 3 to 5 hours away. the drives always worth it in the end. plus ive got about 5 different ones to choose from :MJ 1:

[88whitemanche]

Lol u know mine are kind of acting the same... I havent cut yet because I plan to paint the truck next year hmmm decisions decisions.....

 

 

any more pics from the trip?

[Dirteatr717]

Rausch Creek is 4 hours away from me without traffic, I have yet to make it there faster then 6 hours. All because of NYC traffic! There are a few trails and offroad parks way up north but that's an even farther drive for me :( I'm still waiting for more pics from friends, i have a vid of me doing trail 5 hillclimb on my FB but don't know how to link it here?

[ComancheKid45]

Looked like a blast! I'm gonna try and get up there 2-3 times next year. Who knows maybe we'll have a small CC gathering 1 of these days up there.

 

Keep up the good work!

[Dirteatr717]

I went 3 times this year and always had an awesome time, shoot me a pm next time you wanna go! I'm hoping and planning on having my truck 100% ready to run on one tons and 37s for Rausch in march! Gotta get a couple runs in before next summers Moab Trip!!!!!

[huck731]

those trails look like a blast, I can't wait to be doin that kind of stuff in my comanche. first off a noob question, btu what is "skinny pedal" slang for?

[Dirteatr717]

Skinny pedal is slang for the gas pedal hahahah

Basically Trail 5 at Rausch isn't crawlable in my truck, 3.07s and 33s and the somewhat high crawl ratio in the 231 don't really crawl all that well lol I'll try to get the video up of me making it up and over

[Dirteatr717]

Been busy building a tire carrier/bumper with my buddy frank, came out pretty sweet and got most of the metal free through my job :) Also put in a steering box spacer in both of our trucks :thumbsup:

Should be posting up some more fab work next week, gunna get started on my sliders an transfer case skid.

[goonies.nsd]

Nice fab work on the tire carrier Nick :thumbsup:

[Dirteatr717]

Thanks John :wavey:

[89JeepMJ]

two questions for ya. when you did your SOA what shackles did you use and two, did you have any problems with you driveshaft. because mind didnt slide all the way to where it used to be.